With a labor fight looming, both No. 1 playoff seeds are from smaller markets

One of the game’s smallest markets was baseball’s biggest winner during the regular season. The Milwaukee Brewers won their final five games this week to finish with a franchise-record 103 victories. That’s after they set the previous team mark with 97 last season — a total that also led the major leagues. The 2026 Brewers had the best run differential in baseball, and they enter the playoffs with perhaps the game’s most watchable star.

With Shohei Ohtani not pitching at the moment, has Jacob Misiorowski surpassed him as the sport’s must-see attraction?

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